Leucas marrubioides

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Leucas marrubioides

Description

Perennial herb, 0.5-1 m. Leaves thin- to thick-membranaceous, ovate, broadly ovate or sub-rounded, 2.5-5 by 1.5-3.5 cm, acute or bluntly acute, base rounded or cordate, entire; Flowers 10-20 in axillary verticillasters, distributed at distant nodes.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Ceylon present, Continental SE. Asia present, Deccan Peninsula present, Mts Lawu, Ardjuno, Tengger-Smeru, Jang present, eastern half of Java present
Continental SE. Asia (Ceylon, Deccan Peninsula); in Malesia: eastern half of Java (Mts Lawu, Ardjuno, Tengger-Smeru, Jang).

Citation

Miq. 1859: p. 980. – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: (ZOLLINGER 2187, n.v.).
DESF. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 528
DESF. 1834: Lab. Gen. Sp.: 611
STEEN. 1972: Mt. Fl. Java: pl. 25-9
MUKERJEE 1940 – In: Rec. Bot. Surv. India: 181
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 683
BTH. 1830 – In: Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 1: 61